Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...) Monday @ TDD - C&C

[FrenchFlybebe]

Kitty, have you considered enlisting chatgpt or another LLM bot to help you organize your thoughts and build your text? I know AI can't be 100% trusted for info and such, but if you struggle with disorganized ideas and facts, and if you need to structure it into a written document, it's a great opportunity to give this tool a chance.

I was lucky for my lunch break, there was no rain after I ate so I walked my 250m and back. A bit windy, so I tied my hair. I've enjoyed this (very short) daily walk all summer long, I hope I can find days like today when I can have a few minutes of bipedal stance even in winter.

TADAs
Morning at my desk
Lunch break
short stroll

TODOs
Afternoon at payroll
Commute back home, 6.15pm kids home, prep dinner and hopefully eat around 7pm, kids bedtime routine 8-9

[Kittykatt]

FFB, thank you, that's a very good idea! There are more things I need to think of first, and wrote down, but when I've got everything written that I want to include, I'll save a secure copy, and then see what Chat GPT or similar can come up with the original. Even if I need still need to do a lot of tweaking,.it could still save considerable time.

So glad you were able to get your lunchtime walk in. My sack of bark has arrived, the rain has ( mostly) stopped, (for now! ) and I can access all my tiny front garden from the paths. So I'm going to see if I can spread some more bark on those areas that are rather thinly covered.

[helia]

Both slow cooker dishes sound delicious Kitty. 15 minutes a day sounds like a great way to break that task down.
Is MrMG coming home in the evenings, FFB? Or is he staying there for the week? WTG dropping off your boys and then getting to work on time.
Oh my - a 6 hour seminar trissie. Smart to use the time to do some piddly things on the side. Will you need to participate at all?

I'm up, s2sed, and I've done my back exercises. Dh and I will be on the road back home in about 10 minutes.

It is a cool sunny morning with clear skies, a much better day to run than yesterday. Of course!

Once home, I'll unpack, prep for AIAS D3, and see what else I can do before I leave for payroll ~ 1:15. After payroll, I'm having coffee with AC, so I'll get home around 5/ 5:30, depending on whether I'm also her ride home. She lives a bit farther out.

Next:
- check out of hotel
- grab a coffee from hotel lobby
- drive home, about 45 minutes

Later:
- gas the car en route home; it's almost on empty
- unload the car
- unpack my stuff
- payroll: prep AIAS D3
- payroll: grade HW1
- lunch
- gather everything and get otd by 1:15
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D3
- 3:30 - 5-ish coffee with AC
- dinner on my own; dh is taking dd27 on a dinner date - TBD
- after dinner clean up
- update health apps
- duolingo
- can I schedule the window washer?
- lights: w d f pa
- can I get in a walk? A jog is probably not possible today.
- figure out a time to talk to DS - message her
- Memorial Thank Yous
- other things?

TaDas!
- s2s and self care
- back exercises
- packed up stuff

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Mon drive back home/ 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D3/ 3:30 coffee with AC
Tue 10-12ish KS2J get together/ host Tuesday dinner
Wed 1:40 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D4
Thu 6 a.m otd to airport - fly to Seattle/ Visit with DS, F, and her mother
Fri 7 a.m. at hospital - planned C-Section
Sat visit I; help out in other ways? Run errands?
Sun - take dh to the airport

Mon 1 - (Eastern time) payroll: teacher meeting?
Tue
Wed Fly home
Thu 2-3 trainer work out/ 6 - dh work awards dinner?
Fri 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D8/ dinner date with dh?

October Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- get 2 guest beds remade with clean sheets
- repot my little orchid - dh will do

This Week - Deskwork
- make appointment with optometrist
- schedule window washers - wip: someone will be here Sunday to take a look at the house and the windows

This Week - Errands
- sweater return/ exchange

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- buy queen bed frame + mattress + box springs for dd27's room - wip

Mom
- start washing her clothes and blankets donation site

[L.Ann]

We had hard rain over night and it brought in colder weather but it is sunny today. I think I am going to spend most of the day at home…. Which honestly is not my preference and see if I can figure out how I want to schedule the little errands I have to do for the rest of the week and get some reading in.

1-take Little Bit to school
2-gas
3-walk again

Menus
Monday-fiesta chicken
Tuesday-black bean tacos
Wednesday-out to dinner
Thursday-pasta for DD32/baked sweet potato for me
Friday-out on way home from hospital

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-4:20, Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit dentist 4:20
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out with friends @8:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-4:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3, dinner out@5:15
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5:00, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40,Little Bit school 9:15, Hopkins11-7
Saturday- Special Olympics Dance 6-8:30


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen, bathroom
Detail cleaning of kitchen-clean fridge, clean freezer, shine sink, clean small appliances, clean oven, clean cabinets, scrub floor, wash window, clean trash can
Extra Stuff-make appointment for DD32-doctor working on this
Little Errands-drop off DM’s driver’s license
Phone calls-estate issue-appt for medallion certificate 10/27

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-meds and temp for DD32
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-outside walk
-pick up Little Bit and get her a second breakfast

[trissie]

I didn't need to participate in the seminar, just listen, so I worked through boxes of colored pencils and felt tip pens, discarding the dried ones and way too short ones, sharpening what needed sharpening and downsizing to a manageable number (since kids generally start a school year with a new set, we have LOTS of extras in all sizes and colors, and it's better to have the "craft box" with a limited number of pencils in each color and store the extras elsewhere). When I was done with that, I attacked the mending basket - slightly ashamed to say so, but there were mendables from twins's era that now fit DBD I'm better now, since I moved my sewing basket with a basic selection of threads to the bedroom where I handle laundry, I just do things right away, but these are remnants from the past. I am not done, but huge dent was made!

kittykatt, crock pot dinners just have that special fall/winter ring to them!
glad you were able to start the week off in a good way, Frenchie! In my AI seminar today, I have learned that if your AI kills somebody in the EU, you need to report that within 2 days. Now why did the EU Committee deem necessary to include that in the AI act, I don't know and am not sure I want to know!
safe travels, helia!
is the Hopkins trip for DD, L.Ann?

TaDas
- morning routine
- 15 on filing + ready mindless tasks before
- clean twins' room
- clean DBD's room
- clean DS13's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- emptied upstairs hallway and ran the roomba there
- mending
- lunch
- load of lights washed and flipped to dryer
- load of linens washed and transferred to clothesline

ToDos
- midday routine
- make dough for cookies to bake with DBD
- 15 in front garden

Braindump
routines
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet for school
- cookie baking with DBD (promised her yesterday)
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- weed out front garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 6 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks

[Peaches1000]

Good morning/afternoon!

Next:
-Check email
-Update Toodledo
-Check bank accts/Amex
-HH - info - 10 min

Extras:
-12:30-1:00 Arrival - HH OT
-3:00 Arrival - HH Speech
-Tuesday - No HH
-Tasks - (bill pay) (air filters) (DS tasks)
-Declutter/organize/clean - 10 min
-Files/Med Info/Papers/Emails - 10 min

Routine:
-Gather dirty laundry/sort
-Laundry #1 to washer
-Laundry #1 to dryer
-Laundry #1 hang/fold
-Put away laundry

-Foyer Bath - pupa/restock
-10am Eat (ensure)
-Medicine/vitamins
-1pm Eat
-Cat - brush/food/water/litter
-Vacuum something
-6pm Eat
-Close blinds
-Open & sort mail/file
-Prep for next day (clothes/calendar)

Done:
-Bedroom - pupa
-Dress/ready
-Fresh food for kitty
-Open blinds/get water

[helia]

trissie, I've heard of at least one case where a parent is suing an AI company bc they feel the chatbot with whom their teenaged son was communicating didn't discourage him from committing suicide - and in fact gave him helpful information. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-heal ... ns-suicide WTG with the sorting and mending!
Hi Peaches.
L Ann, hoping you can enjoy your day at home. Did you get in a nice walk? Weather is gorgeous here!

Next:
- payroll: prep AIAS D3
- payroll: grade HW1
- payroll: make verb quiz 1

Later:
- payroll: prep AIAS D3
- payroll: grade HW1
- payroll: make verb quiz 1
- lunch
- change into more professional clothes; spiff self
- gather everything and get otd by 1:15
- 1:30 - 3:30 payroll: teach AIAS D3
- 3:30 - 5-ish coffee with AC
- dinner on my own; dh is taking dd27 on a dinner date - TBD
- after dinner clean up
- update health apps
- duolingo
- can I schedule the window washer?
- lights: w d f pa
- can I get in a walk? A jog is probably not possible today.
- figure out a time to talk to DS - message her
- Memorial Thank Yous
- message DS - schedule a phone call while in WA?
- other things?

TaDas!
- s2s and self care
- back exercises
- packed up stuff
- checked out of hotel
- grabbed a coffee from hotel lobby
- I drove home, about 45 minutes, while dh worked on his laptop
- unloaded car
- unpacked
- updated toodledo
- tea
- wiped down kitchen surfaces + table; M does a decent job but I'm a bit particular

[L.Ann]

It is DD32’s appointment, Trissie. It is a regular appointment with her hematologist who is managing her new med and working on getting a surgical consult for her abscess. There have been several teen suicides in the US that have been linked to AI, Trissie. If you are interested in a good podcast that keeps you up to date on tech issues with the big companies I highly recommend Hard Fork which posts on Fridays. Hi Peaches! Looks like you have another busy day, helian.

1-check dinner recipe and get out things that need to thaw
2-15 minutes detailed kitchen cleaning
3-mop bathroom floor

4-read

Menus
Monday-fiesta chicken
Tuesday-black bean tacos
Wednesday-out to dinner
Thursday-pasta for DD32/baked sweet potato for me
Friday-out on way home from hospital

Events
Monday-Little Bit 7:40-4:20, Little Bit school 9:15-3, Little Bit dentist 4:20
Tuesday-Little Bit 7:40-5, Little Bit school 9:15-3, breakfast out with friends @8:30
Wednesday-Little Bit 7:40-4:30, Little Bit school 9:15-3, dinner out@5:15
Thursday-Little Bit 7:40-5:00, Little Bit school 9:15-3
Friday-Little Bit 7:40,Little Bit school 9:15, Hopkins11-7
Saturday- Special Olympics Dance 6-8:30


Weekly House Blessing-mop dining room, kitchen, bathroom
Detail cleaning of kitchen-clean fridge, clean freezer, shine sink, clean small appliances, clean oven, clean cabinets, scrub floor, wash window, clean trash can
Extra Stuff-make appointment for DD32-doctor working on this
Little Errands-drop off DM’s driver’s license
Phone calls-estate issue-appt for medallion certificate 10/27

Accomplishments
-knee and stretching exercises
-breakfast for me and dog
-meds and temp for DD32
-diet site
-dress and pick up bedroom
-outside walk
-pick up Little Bit and get her a second breakfast
-take Little Bit to school
-gas
-walk again

[Harriet]

Happy Monday, ya'll. Sending ~~~ success vibes ~~~ to you.

Mambo No. 5 is the best hula-hooping music EVER and is in many of those playlists.

[trissie]

helia, I know about the suicide advice cases, but the way it's formulated in the AI act, it's kinda having Terminator vibes (and the dealine is odd too, it's usually 24 or 72 hours). Anyway, there's a lot that I still need to learn about AI, because I know I will have to take charge of implementing the AI act at our company and better sooner that later given that some idiot might think it clever to dump client date to who knows where!
L.Ann, will DD be affected by the proposed changes in healthcare funding?
Harriet, I didn't know about Mambo No.5 being a hula hoop thing! But then again, I never mastered the hula hoop thing at all, so no wonder I don't know that

TaDas
- midday routine
- make dough for cookies to bake with DBD
- 15 in front garden

ToDos
- afternoon routine
- 15 in master bedroom
- bake banana bread

Braindump
routines
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet for school
- cookie baking with DBD (promised her yesterday)
organization
- rework contract with DS14's therapist
- homework and backpacks
- DBD's speech therapy
- 15 on filing
cleaning
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- ironing
- folding
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- decide where and which bulbs to plant
- hopefully plant some
- pruning of rose bushes
House&Holidays
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 5 deep cleaning - DS14's room
- week 6 deep cleaning - twins' room
- week 6 deep cleaning - master bathroom
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
- week 4 Christmas tasks
- week 5 Christmas tasks
- week 6 Christmas tasks
- week 7 Christmas tasks
- week 8 Christmas tasks